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Preparation

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Preheat oven to 350°F. Line 2 baking sheets with foil. Using electric mixer, beat sugar, unsalted butter, vanilla extract and grated lemon peel in large bowl until blended. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition (mixture may appear curdled). Continue beating 1 minute. Combine flour and baking powder in small bowl. Add to butter mixture and stir to form soft sticky dough.

Melt butter in heavy medium saucepan over low heat. Add sugar, 2 tablespoons water, lemon juice and vanilla extract and whisk until sugar melts and mixture is heated through. Thin with more water if icing is too thick to brush.

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Recent Reviews

i love lemon so automatically added
more juice and zest to both the icing
and the cookies. I liked the dryness of
the cookie; the icing povides the
flavor! However, I will use a cookie
press next time because the pastry bag
was way too messy for me.

A Cook from san francisco /

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If you are looking
for a recipe that
comes close to the
lemon knots sold in
Italian bakeries
and Starbucks, this
is it! These
cookies, often an
complement to
coffee, are
supposed to be a
bit drier and
spongy. The
texture could be a
bit more "dense,"
but overall,
delicious!

LizzieMcB from Chicago /

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Halved the recipe and was disappointed. For the calories, and the concept, I should hope there is a better recipe out there for the lemon plus shortbread plus icing concept. Can anyone suggest one? I would hope for a cookie that would be first of all much more moist. Also, the icing was too simplistic and unable to convey a strong enough flavor for the mild cookie. Not nearly enough lemon flavor in either icing and cookie.
I am fine with mild flavor, and in fact I love a cookie my friend Caroline makes a similar mild cookie she calls "Amish cookies", though it does not have the lemon flavor. Does anyone know a recipe for Amish cookies?

shantx from NYC /

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The flavor is not very vivid, but to
overcome the issue of the 'dry' cookie, I
suggest adding 1/4 cup of confectioner
sugar to the mix and take the cookies out a minute early....this kept my batch very soft and
moist.

kellysweetrewards from connecticut /

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A waste of time and ingredients. The icing, even with extra lemon juice and lemon zest, tasted mostly like confectioner's sugar. The cookies are very dry.